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C. BUTTERFI'BLD.

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No..61,999, Patented Peb;` 12, 41867` HESMON BUTTERFIELD, OF WEST WATERVILLE, MINE. Lena-8 Para No. 61,999, and Febr-umg 12, ist?.

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Be it known that I, CnnsnoN BnTrnRErELn, ofWest WatervillaKennebec coanty, State of Maine, have l invented a new and Improved Dust Receptacle and I do hereby declare 'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, Jwhich will enable others skilled in the art to make and use-the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, ,p The present invention relates to a novel constructed dust or dirt receptacle,rto bensed and placed below the floor of a room or'other apartment, with its top flush, or 4nearly so, with the saidoor, which 'receptacle is provided with a cover or slide in connection with a bottom, so arranged and connected together that when the' one is opened the other will be closed, so' that, if Vthe cover orslidc bey iirst opened to allow the dirt or dust from the door of the room to be swept Ainto the` said box or receptacle, by then 'closing it the dirt or dust thus swept into it will be discharged therefrom into a line or other passage for conveying it to the place or locality provided to receive it. In, the accompanying plate of drawings my improved dust or dirt receptacle isV illustratedy i i Figure 1 being a plan or top view of the same; and l Figure 2` a-centrallongitudinal vertical section, taken in the plane of the line z a', iig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y A, in the drawings,representsV the frame of my improved dust or dirt receptacle. This frame is provided with atop plateB, of suitable construction and form for being secured in the floor of a room or other" apart; ment ilush, or nearly so, with the same,.and'has asqua-re opening, C, made in it that is providedwith alcoviei` or doorf'l), for closing'or opening it; this door being arranged to slide in suitable ways under the said top plate IB. Below the opening C, in thetoppl'ate B, a box, E, is constructed, the bottom plate AFoi' whichis hinged to one side of the same so as` t6 swing downward, and is connected, through a rod, G, and abeam or` lever,vH, swinging upon a centre or fulcrum, I, and rod, J, to`the under side of the cover or slide for the opening in the top plate, as plainly shown in the drawings, and in such a manner that, when the cover 1s slid'or moved in the proper` direction to open the opening in Vthe top plate B, it will close the bottom plate F, and 'vice versa," whereby, if the cover is open, all dirt or dust swept through the opening in thetop plate B, which it is arranged to close, will f all down andiupon the plate F, and therebybe heldlin the box E, of which it forms a part, when, closing the said cover, the dirt or. dust previously swept into1 the box`E willA then bedischarged therefrom by the swinging down of the said bottom plate into a flue, H, or any other suitablehpassage or way for conducting it to the place or locality desired. To prevent. the air from driving the dust or dirt back.' from the box E into the room, as'the covcrof the same is being closed and Vconsequently the `bottom opened, I have.V arranged a curved guard, I, of suitable construction and form, that, while it will freely allow the bottom -plate to swing downward, and thus open they'dirt box E, it will serve as a door, as it were, to the opening which is produced by thel downward movement of the bottom plate F, until the cover has suiiiciently colered `the month or -top of the dirt box to prevent the dirt or dust being driven out through the same Yinto the room or other apartment having my improved dirt. or dust receptacle arranged in the 4floor of the same. `'Among the many advantages securedv by my improved'dirt and dust receptacle may be here ,mentioned that it saves a'great amount of labor and time in the' sweeping of the licor of a room or other apartment of a dwelling-house or other y building, is much more convenient than the ordinary dust-pan, and in many other respects more desirable.

' I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent l A dust or'dirt receptacle, having its cover ortop D and bottom plate F connected together through rods G and J and swinging lever or beam H, so as to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 19th day of uly, 1866.` f

Y GHESMON BUTTERFIELD.'

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, Ansnnr W. BROWN. 

